Curtain and drapery protector



Nov. 117, 1925.

i V A. c. FAUL cUR'rAm AND DRAPERY PROTECTOR Filed March 17-. 1922 1 nverz'zor;

Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

ALnimn c. .F A'ULfoF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN AND D'RAPERY PROTECTOR.

Application filed March 17, 1922. Serial 1%. 544,585.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED iC. FAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, 'in the county'o'f Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain and Drapery Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding curtains, draperies and the like out of the way of an open window to prevent them from being blown out of the same and becoming soiled.

Its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device .of this character which can be readily applied to any window frame and which is concealed from view when not in use. I

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window frame illustrating the application and use of my improvement, one of the devices being shown in its operative position and the other in its inoperative position. Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the device. Figure 3 is a. transverse section, on an enlarged scale, taken on line 33, Fig. 2. Figure 4 is a top plan view of the supporting bracket of the device.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The invention is shown in connection with an ordinary window frame 10 having upper and lower sashes 11, 12. The curtains 13 are suspended in the usual manner from a rod 14: secured to the top of the frame.

One of the protecting devices is applied to each side of the window frame, prefer ably the sash stop, at a suitable height above the window-sill. In the preferred construction shown, each of these devices includes a bracket having an attaching plate 15 and a forwardly projecting ledge or support 16 disposed in a substantially horizontal plane. The bracket plate may be provided with holes 17 for receiving screws to'fasten the bracket to the window frame. As shown in.

Fig. 1, the ledge 16 extends forwardly be yond the face of the frame 10. Carried by this ledge is a movable rod 18 which, in its operative or extended position, overhangs the ledge and projects laterally therefrom, so as to hold the curtain away from and at one side of the window sash, as shown at the left of Fig. 1, while, in its inoperative posi tion, said rod hangs in a pendant position behind the curtain where it is hidden from view, as shown by dotted'line's at the left of said figure. For this purpose, the ledge 16 is provided with an opening 19, preferably in'the form of a slot, in which 'the rod 18 is adapted to slide, the upper end of the rod being provided with a head or knob 20, while its lower end has a head or enlargement 21, these heads preventing disengagement of the rod from the slotted bracket. The upper head of the rod is adapted to rest upon the ledge 16 for suspending the rod in its inoperative position, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, while its lower head 21 is adapted to bear against the underside of said ledge with the adjacent portion of the rod above the slot resting on the upper side of the ledge, whereby the rod is held by its own weight in a more or less inclined position, as shown by full lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. By this arrangement the curtain tends to slide by its weight against the face of the window frame, rendering it less liable to be blown off the rod by the wind.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the slot 19 is preferably disposed diagonally across the ledge to cause the curtain protecting rod to assume a position at an acute angle to the face of the window frame 10 and form a substantially V-shaped throat or crotchbetween these parts for receiving the curtain. By this angular arrangement, the curtain is reliably held away from the open window, and the rod projects to a less extent beyond the window frame than if it were disposed at right angles thereto. It is thus less likeldy to be struck by persons passing the win- To prevent vibration and rattling of the rod 18 and hold it firmly in its operative position, the slot 19 is preferably tapered from its inner toward its outer end, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, thereby binding the rod in the slot by a wedging action.

When not in use, the rod hangs behind the curtain, as hereinbefore described. When it is desired to hold and protect the curtain,

its lower portion is swung to one side of the open window and the rod is raised and placed in the overhanging position shown by full lines in the drawings. In this position it confines the curtain bet-ween itself and the face of the window frame, preventing the curtain from being blown out of the window and soiled. As the curtain hangs freely over the inner side of the rod, it does not become wrinkled or creased. When it is desired to drop the curtain to its normal position, the rod is simply swung upwardly and allowed to drop by gravity to its pendant position behind the curtain.

The device can be readily applied to the frames of windows; it is convenient in use, and as it comprises but two parts of simple construction, it can be produced at comparatively small cost.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a curtain protector, the combination with a window frame, of a bracket secured to the frame and having a diagonal slot disposed in a substantially horizontal. plane and arranged at an acute angle to the face of the window frame, and a headed curtain retaining rod slidable lengthwise in said slot and capable of assuming a pendent position or an extended position at an acute angle to the face of the window frame.

A device of the character described, comprising a bracket having a ledge pro vided with a diagonal slot, all portions of said slot being in the same horizontal 1556, and a headed curtain-retaining rod slidable lengthwise in said slot and capable of assuming either a pendent position or an extended position in line with said slot.

ALFRED G. FAU L. 

